KURBASH is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. KURBASH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KURBASH?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KURBASH is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KURBASH
No single letter turns KURBASH into another word.
How KURBASH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in KURBASH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,632 thousand.
What does KURBASH mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A whip of hippopotamus or rhinoceros hide, once used to beat prisoners and servants in Turkey and Egypt.
The kurbash was a symbol of harsh rule in the Ottoman period and in colonial writing on the Nile. Travellers described it as a flexible lash that could cut through clothing. The same word is also used as a verb meaning to flog with one.
How KURBASH is used
Historians mention the kurbash when describing punishments in the Ottoman and Egyptian past.
- The overseer carried a kurbash through the fields.
- Visitors were shown an old kurbash in the museum.
- Reports from the region speak of beatings with the kurbash.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KURBASH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KURBASH
The 7 tiles of KURBASH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with KURBASH
3 longer words begin with KURBASH.
Shorter words from the letters in KURBASH
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Common questions about KURBASH
- Is KURBASH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KURBASH, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KURBASH worth?
- KURBASH is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KURBASH mean?
- A whip of hippopotamus or rhinoceros hide, once used to beat prisoners and servants in Turkey and Egypt.
- What letters can be added to KURBASH?
- No single letter can be added to KURBASH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of KURBASH:
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